I'm going to go ahead and assume that it has something to do with Bendis.

Actually, that one's John Byrne. As I recall, he put Tigra in a WCA Annual as her usual self after he'd turned her feral and had Hank Pym shrink & cage her. He was later forced to tell readers on a letter page to pretend they hadn't seen her in the Annual.

I'm going to go ahead and assume that it has something to do with Bendis.

Actually, that one's John Byrne. As I recall, he put Tigra in a WCA Annual as her usual self after he'd turned her feral and had Hank Pym shrink & cage her. He was later forced to tell readers on a letter page to pretend they hadn't seen her in the Annual.

Ha, thanks. That's pretty funny. And the best thing about it is that it gives us comic fans precedent any time we need a character removed from a story.

Col_Fury wrote:Only going off the Hood, we have DR:HOOD 1-5 before Punisher 2-6, which is before Mighty Avengers #24, which is before DR:Mr Negative, which is before ASM 595-599. And all of that has to happen BEFORE Dark Avengers 5-FB, 5, & 6?

I'mn starting to think "pulling a Tigra" may be the only option...

Now, if I get this wrong, don't beat me, but here's another potential problem – how does Avengers: Initiative fit into all this?

The reason I ask is that, at the end of DR:HOOD 5, Hood sends his cousin John away for what is implied to be a long time due to his screw-ups over the stretch of the mini (revealing information about Hood's family), leaving Hood with nobody. As well, the source of Hood's powers in the mini is explicitly Dormammu.

However, in this week's Avengers: Initiative, Hood shows up, with John, by name. However, Hood has his new Norn Stone powers in this issue, and it's referred to that Hood had his Dormammu powers stripped away. There seems to be a contradiction here – Hood sends John away while he still has Dormammu powers, but after Hood acquires new Norn powers, John is still around.

Sorry if any of this is unclear. Although I'm an avid follower of the site, I rarely manage to contribute, as I usually get my books months later. If anything in my rambling is unclear, please ask, and I'll try to clarify.

However, in this week's Avengers: Initiative, Hood shows up, with John, by name. However, Hood has his new Norn Stone powers in this issue, and it's referred to that Hood had his Dormammu powers stripped away.

Are you referring to NEW AVENGERS #58 rather than AVENGERS: INITIATIVE #29? If so, you're absolutely right. Not only that, but A4 58 occurs after the Hood's gang defected to Jonas Harrow, yet when John King is shunned in DR:HOOD 5, Hood's gang is still with him. King's going to have to return to the Hood.

Paul Bourcier wrote:Are you referring to NEW AVENGERS #58 rather than AVENGERS: INITIATIVE #29? If so, you're absolutely right. Not only that, but A4 58 occurs after the Hood's gang defected to Jonas Harrow, yet when John King is shunned in DR:HOOD 5, Hood's gang is still with him. King's going to have to return to the Hood.

(Looks around sheepishly)

Actually, it seems I'm referring to both. The John King return is from New Avengers # 58, but Hood seems to have his new Norn Stone powers in this issue, and it's referred to that Hood had his Dormammu powers stripped away by Donyell Taylor – "Oh, I know you, Hood. You used to have some magic. But I saw it on the TV – that brother with the dreads, Dr. Voodoo, took it off you like lunch money." Hood, however, does not visibly use any powers this issue.

*This week's preview for the title still shows him in his Marvel Boy outfit, meaning it has to come before the DA Annual as he gets decked out in a new costume. And he's listed as appearing in issue three, so it's natural to assume that the story will directly follow issue #2. And it's placement obviously tentative until the actual issues are released.

Personally, I like to think MM35 takes place after he leaves and does a little soul searching, and it fits nicely when Carol remarks that Osborn didn't know that Noh-Varr was there. I don't think it was planned at all, but it works out well.

As for the first three pages of the DA Annual, I figured it could go either way. I just lumped them together as taking place almost immediately after his escape just because they were in black and white, while the color pages were the ones taking place right now.

But both mine and yours fits fine, so it's all up to however one wants to interpret things.

What are those? This isn't meant as a challenge; I'm just slightly ignorant to larger Marvel happenings.

The whole Ms. Marvel story arc involving her "dying" and returning (through MSM2 46) occurs after MSM2 35. This must occur before her many appearances fully recovered and able to use her powers. Spidey appears in that MSM arc before he takes off for two months to the Macroverse with the FF in ASM 590-591. After that, Noh-Varr appears as one of Osborn's Avengers in the American Son story arc in ASM 596-597. I put together a more comprehensive Noh-Varr chronology, picking up from DA 3:

What are those? This isn't meant as a challenge; I'm just slightly ignorant to larger Marvel happenings.

The whole Ms. Marvel story arc involving her "dying" and returning (through MSM2 46) occurs after MSM2 35. This must occur before her many appearances fully recovered and able to use her powers. Spidey appears in that MSM arc before he takes off for two months to the Macroverse with the FF in ASM 590-591. After that, Noh-Varr appears as one of Osborn's Avengers in the American Son story arc in ASM 596-597.

Ah, okay. Thanks.

And well done on that chronology... I'm tempted to pick up the issues that you listed that I don't have (MM40, DR:NN, DR:LL), but I promised myself that I wouldn't pick up any more comics just to see him stand around and do nothing. I felt like an idiot after picking up CA48 to see him at a funeral for one panel.